As human extraction of earth’s natural resources continue to impact the surrounding environment, such effects are compounding and may affect the quantity and quality of other natural resources. Natural resources in oil-developed regions that may be feeling these effects are water quantity and agricultural food production. Therefore, two different studies were conducted to determine if municipal water use was altered from oil and gas development and if soybean production fields were impacted due to increased dust accumulation. Municipal water use increased from 2014 to 2015 in Bismarck, North Dakota and may be attributable to increased population and increased air temperatures and a departure from normal total annual rainfall. Dust impacts on soybean leaf temperature and yield were found to be not significant (p > 0.05), but chlorophyll content was significantly different (p < 0.05) for a couple dust treatments that may have been due to observed chlorosis in the field.